Chasidut para sa Mga Awit 34:19

It is possible to explain this matter in a moral way regarding the path of serving the Creator, blessed be He, as follows: The primary focus of the Creator's providence is on the humble in spirit, as the verse states (Tehilim 34:19 - תהלים לד יט), 'The Lord is near to the brokenhearted.' (קרוב ה' לנשברי לב) The essence of complete humility (ענוה בשלמות) is when one is entirely unaware of their own humility (ענוה) and lowliness (ושפלות). However, if one is conscious of their lowliness, this is not complete humility.

Now let us return to our topic. The main focus of the Creator, blessed be He, is on those with a humble spirit (לנמוכי רוח), and He watches over them with an open eye. However, when one, G-d forbid, is in the state of rudeness/arrogance (גסות הרוח), the Creator does not watch over them with an open eye, and they fall, G-d forbid, into the state of sleep. This is the meaning of 'That night, the king's sleep was disturbed,' (בלילה ההוא נדד"ה) which has the numerical value of ג"ס' (63)' (rudeness - גסות הרוח), because being in the state of rudeness (גסות הרוח) causes the King's sleep, the King of the World, to be akin to sleep. From this comes the aspect of strength (גבורה) mentioned above. 'And he commanded to bring the book of records, the chronicles,' (ויאמר להביא ספר הזכרונות דברי הימי"ם) which has the numerical value of one hundred (מאה), meaning to reach the level of humility and lowliness (ענוה בשלמות). Then, 'They will be called before the king,' (ויהיו נקראים לפני המלך) to receive the attribute of kindness for the community (מדת חסד על כללות), because certainly He will watch over them with an open eye, as the verse states (Tehilim 34:19 - תהלים לד יט), 'The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,' (קרוב ה' לנשברי לב) and He will bestow good influences and blessings on the community (ומשפיע השפעות טובות וברכות לכלליות). Amen, may it be His will (אמן כן יהי רצון).

"Vessels whose use is with hot [food] must be purged with hot [water]; [those used] with cold, one rinses with cold. And an earthenware vessel has no remedy except through breaking." This can be understood by way of deeper meaning: Even though people sin, they do not commit the transgression with a whole heart and a willing soul, but only under compulsion. [The evil inclination] recounts the praise of the sin through the stratagems of the yetzer hara—but in truth, [the person] does not want at all to do that which is against His holy will, blessed be He. This person is one "whose use is with cold"—meaning, not with desire and craving, but like one who was coerced. Such a person certainly does not need mortifications (sigufim); rather, he need only accept upon himself in truth that he will no longer commit the transgression, even if the yetzer hara entices him. This is "rinse with cold"—meaning, without mortifications and without great heat of heart; rather, the teshuvah need only correspond to how he sinned. But one "whose use is with hot"—meaning, one who heats himself up for the matter of transgression and does it with a willing soul—this one must do teshuvah likewise with heat of heart. "And an earthenware vessel... has no remedy"—this means: those who have sinned greatly, like an earthenware vessel that never releases what it has absorbed—they have no remedy except through brokenness of heart and bitterness over the sins they committed against the will of the Creator, blessed and exalted be He. And certainly, "the Lord is near to the brokenhearted" (Psalm 34:19), and He will accept them.